As all of us know, Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar on May 03 2008, leaving massive devastation along the southern coastal areas of Myanmar and affecting hundreds of thousands of Myanmarese. Over 30,000 are dead and the casualties are rising every day. Right now there are many reports of unsanitary conditions and lack of food, water, shelter and clothing.
For those who have dived in the Burma Banks and the Mergui Archipelago, this was a magnificent area slowly being destroyed by bad management of fisheries and a military government whose human rights abuses ( coup, child soldiers etc) have garnered much scorn from the western worlds. However, when human lives are at stake, all politics should be pushed aside to do important things.
I hope that Wetpixel members will take to time to look at helping the Myanmarese people. If I may suggest the following organizations which are onsite right now with emergency aid:
